PERSONAL DATA: Born April 29, 1953, in Kirya, Chuvashia
(Russia). Married to Marina Lvovna Budarina (nee Sidorenko). There are two sons
in the family, Dmitry and Vladislav. His hobbies include fishing, skiing, picking
mushrooms. His father, Mikhail Romanovich Budarin, died in 1984. His mother,
Alexandra Mikhailovna Budarina, died in 1986.

EDUCATION: Graduated from the S.Ordzhonikidze Moscow
Aviation Institute in 1979 with a mechanical engineering diploma.

SPECIAL HONORS: Awarded the titles of Hero of Russia,
and a Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation.

EXPERIENCE: Since 1976 Budarin has occupied the positions
of engineer and leading engineer at the RSC ENERGIA. In February 1989 he was
enrolled in the ENERGIA cosmonaut detachment as a candidate test cosmonaut.

From September 1989 to January 1991, he underwent a complete
basic space training course at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center and passed
a State examination. Budarin is qualified as a Test Cosmonaut.

From February 1991 to December 1993, he took an advanced training
course for theSoyuz-TM transport vehicle and the Mir Station
flight.

From June 27 to September 11, 1995, Budarin participated in
a space mission as a board engineer of the 19th long-term expedition
launched by the Space Shuttle and landed by the Soyuz TM-21 transport
vehicle.

From January 28 to August 25, 1998, he participated in a space
mission as a board engineer of the 25th long-term expedition aboard
the Mir Orbital Station.

From Nov. 23, 2002 to May 3, 2003, Budarin logged over 161
days in space as Expedition-6 Flight Engineer aboard the International Space
Station. The Expedition-6 crew launched on STS-113 Space Shuttle Endeavour
and returned to Earth on Soyuz TMA-1.